Kansas Dept of Wildlife & ParksFisheries & Wildlife Division

512 SE 25th Ave, Pratt KS 67124Phone 620-672-5911 Fax-620-672-2972 www.kdwp.state.ks.us

NUISANCE WILDLIFE CONTROL PERMIT INFORMATION

Regulations (K.A.R. 115-16-5 and 115-16-6) adopted by the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP)require that you take a self-directed training course and pass an examination with an 80% or better score toqualify for a Nuisance Wildlife Control permit. Provided in this memorandum is a list of KDWP offices wheretests may be taken, contact the office nearest you for testing information. Self-directed training materials may befound at the web sites provided below. Contact the Pratt Office if a hard copy of the training materials is needed.The exam will be considered “open book” which means you may bring any materials you think might aid inpassing the exam. The training materials contain the information necessary to answer all the exam questions. http://wildlifedamage.unl.edu/ (Source for animal damage control techniques) http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/library/wldlf2/ (Includes very useful urban wildlife damage control series)http://www.ksu.edu/research/animal/training/Modules/index.htm (Click on “Check your occupational

risks by species” and then “wildlife worker/trapper” at the bottom)

The current regulations require that if you are using firearms as a control measure that you be certified as havingtaken the Hunter Education program and if you use fur harvesting methods that you be certified as having takenthe Furharvester Education program.

After you have completed the self-directed training required, please make arrangements with one of the officeslisted below to take the exam. If you take the exam at one of our Regional Offices, bring your completedapplication with you and leave it when you test. If you take the exam at a local County Extension Office, theywill give you the answer sheet and a statement with the date and score you received. Attach both of these to yourapplication and forward it to the Regional Office that is closest to you. If you pass the exam, the regional lawenforcement supervisor will send the application to the Pratt Headquarters. The permit will be sent to you fromPratt.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact this office.

Contact your local CountyExtension Office for the testor any of the following offices.

Region 1KS Wildlife & ParksP.O. Box 338Hays, KS 67601785-628-8614

Region 2KS Wildlife & Parks300 SW WanamakerTopeka, KS 66606785-273-6740

Region 3KS Wildlife & Parks1001 McArtor RdDodge City, KS 67801620-227-8609

Region 4KS Wildlife & Parks6232 E 29th St NWichita, KS 67220316-683-8069

Region 5KS Wildlife & ParksP.O. Box 777Chanute, KS 66720620-431-0380

Emporia Research Office1830 MerchantEmporia, Kansas 66801620-342-0658

Kansas City District Office14639 W. 95th

Lenexa, Kansas 66215913-894-9113

KDWP Operations Office512 SE 25th Ave.Pratt, Kansas 67124620-672-5911

Law Enforcement SupervisorHays Regional OfficeP.O. Box 338Hays, KS 67601785-628-8614

Law Enforcement SupervisorDodge City Regional Office1001 McArtor RdDodge City, KS 67801620-227-8609

Law Enforcement Supv.Topeka Regional Office300 SW WanamakerTopeka, KS 66606785-273-6740

Law Enforcement Supv.Chanute Regional OfficeP.O. Box 777Chanute, KS 66720620-431-03801

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Law Enforcement SupervisorWichita Regional OfficeGreat Plains Nature Center6232 E 29th St NWichita, KS 67220316-683-8069

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KANSAS WILDLIFE & PARKS LAW ENFORCEMENT REGIONAL OFFICES

State of KansasNUISANCE WILDLIFE CONTROL PERMIT APPLICATION

(KSA 32-807, 32-1002, KAR 115-16-6)July 2005

Current Permit #:

Applicant’s Name: (Last) (First) (MI)

Business Name: (each employee must complete separate application)

Address: (street) (city) (zip)

Applicant’s Date of Birth: Phone: ( ) ( )(business) (home)

Mobile Phone: E-mail address: (optional) (optional)

Please indicate wildlife you plan to control:

Furbearers (raccoons, skunks, opossums, beaver, etc.) Small Game (squirrels, rabbits, etc.) Non-Game Mammals (rodents, armadillos, prairie dogs, etc.) NOTE: No permit is required for Norway rats or house mice. Reptiles and Amphibians (snakes, turtles, etc.) Bees, wasps & other insects or Invertebrates. NOTE: No permit is required for only insects and other invertebrates. Predators (coyote, etc.) Pigeons, house sparrows, starlings Blackbirds (crow, cowbird, magpie, yellow-headed blackbird, red-wing blackbird, bi-colored Blackbird, rusty blackbird, Brewer’s blackbird

and grackle) State Nuisance Bird Control Permit Required if you use chemicals or poisons. Please apply with appropriate agency forpermission to answer complaints on these animals.

Birds of Prey (State or Federal Permit required) Waterfowl (State or Federal Permit required)

Other Migratory Bird Species (woodpeckers, songbirds, etc.) Federal permit required. Please apply with the appropriate agency for permission to answer complaints on these animals.

Do you plan to use pesticides (insecticides, rodenticides, repellents, etc.)? Circle one. YES NO (A Kansas Pesticide Applicator Certificate and/or Kansas Pesticide Business License, issued by the KS Dept. of Agriculture (785-296-2263) , may berequired to use chemicals or poisons which are used to prevent, destroy, control, repel, attract , or mitigate any pest (e.g., birds, mammals, reptiles)

County or counties where wildlife control activity will be conducted:

Describe previous use of wildlife control methods and equipment as an authorized wildlife control operator:

How long have you performed wildlife control activities?

Will you use a firearm in your Nuisance Wildlife Control activities? Circle one. YES NO

Do you have a Hunter Education Certificate? Circle one. YES NO Hunter Education Cert. #: It is required if firearms will be used in your Nuisance Wildlife Control activities.

Will you use furharvester equipment in your Nuisance Wildlife Control activities? Circle one. YES NOFurharvester equipment means traps, including live traps, used to take furbearing animals and coyotes.

Do you have a Furharvester Education Certificate? Circle one. YES NO Furharvester Educ. Cert. # It is required if furharvester equipment will be used in your Nuisance Wildlife Control activities.

Wildlife Control Permit Test: List date taken, score and location. (This information needed for new applicants only)

Date Score Location

I request permission to relocate wildlife on the following KDWP managed wildlife area(s): .

I certify that the above information is true and correct to the best of my knowledge. I am aware that my name or business name andphone number may be made available to the general public as a referral for wildlife control complaints.

Signature of Applicant Date

APPROVAL: Wildlife relocation authorized on Wildlife Area(s).

Regional Public Lands Supervisor Date

Regional Law Enforcement Supervisor Date

Permit Conditions:(Refer to KSA 32-807, 32-1002, KAR 115-16-5, KAR 115-16-6)

1. This permittee is NOT an employee of the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks. Permitteeagrees to cooperate with all requests and procedures of Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks.

2. Will follow established procedures of wild animal control listed in the "Handbook on Prevention andControl of Wildlife Damage" available from Cooperative Extension Service, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

3. Control efforts will be confined to the area described on the application form.

4. This permit must be available for inspection by any person in lawful possession of the property wherecontrol activities are being conducted or by any person requesting control activities or by any lawenforcement officer.

5. A daily record of all animal control activity will be kept current & made available for inspection byKDWP and submitted annually to the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks.

6. In recurring cases, capturing and removing animals is merely treating a symptom and not the cause.Direct control efforts toward eliminating the attractant, not just the animal.

7. Permittee shall have approval of property owner and confine activity to such property.

8. Wildlife live-captured may be released in a suitable habitat at least ten (10) miles outside of city limitsafter first obtaining prior permission from the landowner at the release site or they may beeuthanized. Injured or obviously diseased animals should be euthanized and carcasses disposedof properly. Species that are protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and Threatened orEndangered species, and Species in Need of Conservation may not be killed and must be releasedunharmed.

9. Problems pertaining to migratory birds require a federal permit for many species. If in doubt, refersuch problems to APHIS-WS (785) 532-1549, KSU Extension (785) 532-5734 or KDWP (620) 672-5911.

10. The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks assumes no liability for permittee actions in capturing,transporting, and releasing of problem animals.

11. Failure to comply with the guidelines set forth in this permit will result in the immediaterevocation of the permit. All permits expire on December 31 in the year in which they were issued.

12. All state laws not exempted with this permit must be followed. The permit does not authorize thetaking or possession of state threatened or endangered species, or those protected by federallaw. Local ordinances must be followed.

13. Dens, dams and runways may be destroyed to control beaver and muskrat damage.

115-16-5. Wildlife control permit; operational requirements. (a) Each person holding a valid

wildlife control permit issued according to K.A.R. 115-16-6 shall be authorized to take,

transport, release, and euthanize wildlife subject to the restrictions described in this regulation

and on the permit.

(b) Wildlife may be taken under the authorization of a wildlife control permit only when

one or more of the following circumstances exist:

(1) The wildlife is found in or near buildings.

(2) The wildlife is destroying or about to destroy property.

(3) The wildlife is creating a public health or safety hazard or other nuisance.

(c) Subject to the restrictions described in this regulation and on the permit, a wildlife

control permit shall allow the taking of the following species, notwithstanding other season, open

unit, or limit restrictions that may be established by the department:

(1) Furbearers;

(2) small game;

(3) reptiles;

(4) amphibians;

(5) coyotes;

(6) nongame mammals, except house mice and Norway rats;

(7) pigeons, English sparrows, and starlings; and

(8) migratory birds and waterfowl, subject to K.S.A. 32-1008, and amendments thereto.

(d) Subject to applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations, the wildlife listed

in subsection (c) may be taken with the following equipment or methods:

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(1) Trapping equipment, if each trapping device is equipped with a metal tag with the

permittee �s name and address and is checked at least once each calendar day, and if snares are

not attached to a drag. Trapping equipment shall consist of the following:

(A) Foothold traps;

(B) body-gripping traps;

(C) box traps;

(D) live traps; and

(E) snares;

(2) firearms, except that BB guns and pellet guns also shall be authorized;

(3) archery equipment;

(4) dogs;

(5) falconry;

(6) toxicants registered by the Kansas department of agriculture, except that such use may

be subject to K.A.R. 115-16-1, K.A.R. 115-16-2, or K.A.R. 115-161-3;

(7) habitat modification;

(8) net or seine;

(9) glue board;

(10) hand; and

(11) any other methods to exclude or frighten wildlife, including repellents.

(e) No person shall possess a live species of wildlife taken under the authority of a

wildlife control permit beyond the close of the calendar day following capture, unless specifically

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authorized by the department. Live wildlife shall not be used for display purposes, programs,

training dogs, or otherwise kept in captivity, except that pigeons may be used for training dogs.

(f) Subject to applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations, wildlife taken

pursuant to a wildlife control permit shall be disposed of using one or more of the following

methods:

(1) Wildlife taken alive may be controlled using lethal methods including those listed in

paragraphs (d)(2), (d)(3), and (d)(6).

(2) Wildlife taken alive may be relocated and released, subject to the following

requirements:

(A) Wildlife may be released only in suitable habitat located at least 10 miles from the

original capture site and only with the prior written permission of the person in legal possession

of the release site.

(B) Wildlife shall not be released in a location so close to human dwellings that the

release is likely to result in recurrence of the reason the wildlife was taken.

(C) Wildlife shall not be released within the limits of any municipality without prior

written permission from the appropriate municipal authority.

(D) Wildlife may be released on department lands or waters only with the prior written

approval of the department.

(E) Wildlife shall not be released if injured or if displaying common symptoms of

disease, including any of the following:

(i) Lack of coordination;

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(ii) unusual lack of aggressiveness;

(iii) unusual secretions from the eyes, nose, or mouth;

(iv) rapid or uneven respiration;

(v) malnourishment;

(vi) loss of muscle control; or

(vii) loss of large patches of hair.

(F) Wildlife shall not be transported from the state except as authorized by the

department.

(3) Wildlife species listed in K.A.R. 115-15-1 or K.A.R.115-15-2, or other wildlife

species designated by the department, shall be released according to paragraph (f)(2) if

unharmed. If harmed or injured, these species shall be submitted to either the department or a

person holding a valid wildlife rehabilitation permit issued according to K.A.R. 115-18-1.

(4) Wildlife controlled by poison shall be removed immediately, and all dead wildlife

shall be disposed of using one of the following methods.

(A) The wildlife may be submitted to a licensed landfill, renderer, or incinerator.

(B) The wildlife may be disposed of on private property with the prior written permission

of the person in legal possession of the property, except that the wildlife shall not be disposed of

within permission from the appropriate municipal authority.

(C) Any part of the wildlife, excluding the flesh, may be sold, given, purchased,

possessed and used for any purpose, with the following restrictions and exceptions:

(i) The raw fur, pelt, or skin of furbearers may be sold only to a licensed fur dealer.

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(ii) The carcass and meat of a furbearer may be sold, given, purchased, possessed, and

used for any purpose.

(iv) Each person purchasing unprocessed parts of the wildlife shall maintain a bill of sale

for one calendar year.

(D) Dead wildlife controlled by poison or showing symptoms of disease shall be either

buried below ground or disposed of as authorized by paragraph (f)(4)(A).

(g) Each bobcat or swift fox taken under authority of a wildlife control permit shall be

subject to tagging requirements established by K.A.R. 115-5-2.(Authorized by K.S.A. 32-807;

implementing K.S.A. 32-807, K.S.A. 32-911, K.S.A. 32-919, K.S.A. 32-1002, and K.S.A. 32-

1003; effective July 19, 2002.)

115-16-6. Wildlife control permit; application and reporting requirements. (a) Each person

16 years of age or older wishing to obtain a wildlife control permit shall apply to the department

on a form provided by the department and shall provide the following information:

(1) The applicant �s name, address, and telephone number;

(2) the wildlife species to be controlled;

(3) the county or counties where wildlife control activities will be conducted;

(4) unless specifically exempted by the department based on previous use of the

applicable methods or equipment as an authorized wildlife control operator, proof of completion

of the following courses, if applicable:

(A) Department-approved hunter education training, if a firearm would be used to take

wildlife; and

(B) department-approved furharvester education training, if furharvester equipment

would be used to take wildlife; and

(5) any other information required by the department.

(b) Each applicant shall take a course of instruction approved by the department, which

shall include instruction concerning applicable laws and regulations, methods for wildlife

control, methods for handling wildlife, and other relevant material, and which shall include eight

hours of instruction or the equivalent. The course may be offered by the department or by other

approved agencies or organizations, and may be offered in person, by correspondence, or by

electronic transmission. No applicant shall be required to take this course of instruction if the

applicant has successfully completed an approved course within the previous five years.

(c) Successful completion of the course of instruction described in subsection (b) shall

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require that the applicant pass a department examination with a minimum score of 80 percent.

No applicant shall be eligible to retake the examination within 30 days of failing the

examination, and no applicant shall take the examination more than two times within the period

of one year.

(d) A wildlife control permit may be refused issuance, denied, suspended, or revoked by

the secretary for any of the following reasons:

(1) The application is incomplete or contains false information.

(2) The applicant does not meet the qualifications specified in this regulation.

(3) The applicant has failed to maintain or to submit required reports.

(4) The applicant has violated department laws or regulations, or has had any other

department license or permit revoked or suspended.

(5) Issuance of the permit would not be in the best interests of the public, for reasons

including complaints or inappropriate conduct while holding a previous wildlife control permit.

(e) Each wildlife control permit shall expire on December 31, but may be renewed for the

next calendar year before expiration.

(f) Each permittee shall be in possession of a valid wildlife control permit while

conducting wildlife control activities, in addition to any other federal, state, or local permits that

may be required. Upon request by any person in lawful possession of property where control

activities are being conducted or by any person requesting control activities, the permittee shall

make the wildlife control permit available for inspection. A permittee shall not act as an

employee or an agent of the department.

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(g) Upon request by any person to control wildlife, a wildlife control permittee shall make

a reasonable attempt to identify the wildlife species in question, and shall advise the person

requesting assistance of the proposed control method and the estimated cost before conducting

any wildlife control activities. In no case shall the permittee conduct wildlife control activities

without the authorization of the person in lawful control of the property.

(h) Each wildlife control permittee shall submit an annual report by January 31 following

the permit year, on a form supplied by the department. The report shall be kept current and

available for inspection throughout the permit year. Each report shall contain the following

information:

(1) The name, address, and permit number of the permittee;

(2) the date of any control activity;

(3) the species, number, and condition of the wildlife controlled; and

(4) the control method or methods used.

(i) Each wildlife control permittee shall retain the following information for a minimum

of three years and shall make this information available for inspection by the department on

request:

(1) The name and postal zip code of the legal occupant where control activities were

conducted; and

(2) the disposition of any wildlife taken, including any of the following:

(A) the name and postal zip code of the person in lawful possession of the property where

the wildlife was released and the number of wildlife released;

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(B) the method used if wildlife was euthanized; or

(C) the name of any licensed wildlife rehabilitator to whom the wildlife was submitted.

(j) Subject to applicable federal or state laws and regulations, any governmental body may

be authorized by the secretary to conduct wildlife control activities. (Authorized by K.S.A. 32-

807; implementing K.S.A. 32-807 and K.S.A. 32-1002; effective July 19, 2002.)